Editing Elena Ionuț (section)

== Keeper of the restored archive ==
After Grozav's expulsion, Elena brought the records back to the family. Mihai restored the House on 12 April 1522 and confirmed her as keeper of the archive. She entered his restoration beneath Grozav's rejected claim in the existing register.<ref name="house-restoration"/>

Elena produced a duplicate of the succession pages and stored it separately from the main archive. When Stefan was killed in 1537, she entered the location and cause of his death before recording the end of his command. Mihai regularly asked her to read earlier decisions aloud during family disputes because she would include objections that other participants preferred to forget.

During the 1560s, Elena's eyesight weakened. An assistant read entries back to her, but Elena continued holding the seal keys and approved corrections herself. She died in Bucharest on 7 March 1572 after a winter respiratory illness, aged 69.